Proposed Tennessee Firearm Legislation HB0948
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to firearms dispossession.
Subject: Domestic Violence
Description: As introduced, requires a person who is convicted of domestic assault or subject to an order of protection to dispossess any firearm in the person's possession by transferring the firearm to a law enforcement agency and to provide the court with an affidavit of dispossession of firearms and a receipt from the law enforcement agency. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 39 and Title 40.
Session: 114th General Assembly
Last Action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: April 2, 2025
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
14 sponsors: Shaundelle Brooks (D); Yusuf Hakeem (D); Vincent Dixie (D); Bob Freeman (D); Larry Miller (D); John Clemmons (D); Ronnie Glynn (D); G.A. Hardaway (D); Torrey Harris (D); Justin Pearson (D); Harold Love (D); Jason Powell (D); Johnny Shaw (D); Gloria Johnson (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 14% (14 of 99)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 2, 2025 | Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee |
| House | Apr 2, 2025 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| House | Mar 27, 2025 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| House | Mar 26, 2025 | Reset on Final cal. #2 of Civil Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Mar 26, 2025 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| House | Mar 26, 2025 | Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 4/2/2025 |
| House | Mar 25, 2025 | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| House | Mar 19, 2025 | Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/26/2025 |
| House | Feb 11, 2025 | Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Feb 10, 2025 | P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee |
| House | Feb 6, 2025 | Intro., P1C. |
| House | Feb 4, 2025 | Filed for introduction |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Draft | Feb 6, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Draft | Feb 4, 2025 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
